Re: [TCLUG:18622] I need a tape backup solution...

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

I backup our windows systems to amanda via smbclient.. but I think if you
want a more supported solution.. veritas netbackup, or netbackup
lite.  netbackup is a little pricy, but worth it for large networks..

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> >Then what about software??? Would I need something like BRU? could 
> >some scripts be written to use CPIO (something else I have not used 
> >yet).
> 	I use tar for my backups; because 
> a. it was easy to learn
> b. it will back up my SMB mounts (unlike dump)
> 
> cpio is probably a better program, tho. 
> I've heard afio recommended over cpio; because it supposedly won't
> lose the whole archive if one file becomes corrupted. (unlike tar or
> cpio)
> 	from what the afio man page says, it's also a bit more
> oriented towards doing backups; but I haven't really had a chance to
> play with it.
> 
> >Since this is for my home network consisting of Win9x,NT,Mac and Linux
> >boxes, I have found that Taper works well with samba mapped drive
> >backups.  I have found them fairly reliable and easy to use.
> 	I had bad experiences with Taper under RH 6.0. it crashed
> constantly; and the User Interface was not a significant improvement
> over the command line. I took a couple of hours (and asked some
> questions of the list), learned tar and cpio, and am much the happier
> for it.
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
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